CBS2’s Kristine Johnson moderated the town halls on Sept. 14 and Sept. 18, as will host next month’s final debate between the gubernatorial candidates. The discussion on Sept. 19 was moderated by Jessica Dean of CBS station KYW-TV in Philadelphia. Alfred Doblin, editorial editor of The Record, co-moderated all three town halls.

Republican candidate Guadagno named Mayor Carlos Rendo, of Woodcliff Lakes, as her partner, bringing a Bergen County leader into her campaign.

After winning her party’s nomination, Guadagno said there were too many New Jersey families who cannot afford to stay in the state and have to pack up and leave.

“My principles are Main Street principles. I learned them growing up as I moved from town to town and state to state, when my father lost his job and he had to move to another state to get a better job and a better future for his wife and his five children,” she said. “I learned a lot, and I bring those values today.”

Democrat Murphy named former Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver, matching an experienced lawmaker to his Wall Street experience. Murphy, 59, a multimillionaire former executive at Goldman Sachs, has been pushing a progressive platform – and also an anti-Christie platform.

“Four more years of Christie-style politics won’t change New Jersey’s unfair, unsuccessful, unsustainable course,” he said.

Both candidates’ election campaigns are expected to be critical of Christie, who is term limited and must leave office.